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Spotlight On... LG integrates Azuki Media Platform with Android Stick IP set-top
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* General ad info: Click here | Today's Top News 1. CableLabs absorbs Cable Europe Labs technology consortium
CableLabs said Tuesday that it recruited 14 international cable operators, including nine operators in Europe that had been members of the Cable Europe consortium. A spokeswoman said Cable Labs Europe "is becoming part of CableLabs." It's a major expansion for CableLabs, whose largest international member has been John Malone's Liberty Global (Nasdaq: LBTYA). The consortium said the nine European operators that have joined its research and development consortium are Sweden's Com Hem, Norway's Get, Germany's Kabel Deutschland and Tele Columbus, Austria's LIWEST, Spain's Ono, Denmark's YouSee, Portugal's ZON and Dutch operator Ziggo. The move comes more than two years after CableLabs and Cable Europe Labs announced that they signed a memorandum understanding to collaborate on technical initiatives. "The transition of Cable Europe Labs activities to CableLabs opens doors for cable and technology stakeholders globally," Liberty Global CEO and CableLabs board member Mike Fries said in a prepared statement. CableLabs said several cable operators in Asian and Latin America have also joined the consortium, including Japan's J:COM, Indonesia's PT Link Net, Argentina's Cablevisión and China's Topway and WASU. For more:
- see the release Related articles:
CableLabs qualifies EPON gear from six vendors
Cox may license Comcast RDK middleware platform
CableLabs names Viasat, Entropic veteran Lookabaugh head of R&D
Comcast, CableLabs, AT&T execs win DLNA awards Read more about: WASU, Ziggo
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2. Fox pushing DirecTV, Time Warner Cable, Dish to carry FS1
Fox Sports boasted in March that new national sports network Fox Sports 1 would count 90 million subscribers when it launches on Aug. 17. But four days before its debut, it still lacks carriage deals with DirecTV (Nasdaq: DTV), Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC), Dish Network (Nasdaq: DISH) and Bright House Networks. FS1 is only about halfway to its goal of 90 million subscribers, as distribution agreements with Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA), Cablevision (NYSE: CVC), Cox Communications, Charter Communications (Nasdaq: CHTR), AT&T's (NYSE: T) U-verse TV and Suddenlink Communications will put it in about 45 million homes, according to Sports Business Daily. Officials at Time Warner Cable and DirecTV told FierceCable Tuesday that they are still talking to Fox about carrying the network, which will feature auto racing, college football and basketball, Ultimate Fighting Championship events and sports news programs. Fox Sports spokesman Lou D'Ermilio didn't respond to a request for comment. Fox sports parent 20th Century Fox (formerly known as News Corp.) is converting Speed Channel to FS1 on systems that have agreed to distribute the national sports network. It will still offer a separate Speed Channel feed to operators that haven't agreed to launch FS1 after that network's debut. "We're comfortable with where we are in the process. And we're engaged with a number of parties," 20th Century Fox COO Chase Carey said on an earnings call last week when asked about the FS1 talks. Fox is also converting extreme sports network FuelTV into Fox Sports 2. The new brand will also debut on Aug. 17. For more:
- Sports Business Daily has this story
- MMA Weekly has this story Related articles:
News Corp. converting Speed Channel into Fox Sports 1
Fox outbids Comcast, ESPN for U.S. Open golf rights
Report: Fox charging affiliates 80 cents monthly for FS1
Needham: 20M 'super fan' homes would pay $30 monthly for ESPN
Yankees sign 30-year rights deal with YES Network
DirecTV to hit 5 million subscribers with $3 monthly sports surcharge Read more about: FS1
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3. Comcast increasing Internet Essentials speeds to 5 Mbps
Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) said Tuesday that it will increase the speed of its $9.95 monthly Internet Essential service to 5 Mbps on Sept. 1. The company kicked off the third year of the Internet Essentials program at an event in Miami. The MSO said 220,000 families now subscribe to the service, which debuted in summer 2011. Comcast initially limited access to the Internet Essentials program to families with children who qualify for the National School Lunch Program. But EVP David Cohen recently wrote in a blog post that the company has "streamlined enrollment" by offering "instant approval" to families with children who attend schools where 70 percent of the students participate in the school lunch program. When Internet Essentials debuted in 2011, it offered maximum download speeds of 1 Mbps. Last fall, Comcast increased the speed to 3 Mbps. Increasing the speed of Internet Essentials to 5 Mbps follows Comcast's move to double the speeds of its premium Internet tiers. Last year, Comcast systems began doubling the speeds of its Xfinity Blast! tier to 50 Mbps, and it increased the speed of its Extreme 50 tier to 105 Mbps. Comcast also markets a $300 monthly 305 Mbps tier called Xfinity Platinum Internet on several systems. Several other broadband providers offer $9.95 monthly Internet service to low-income homes, including Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC), Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) and CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL). Cablevision offers low-income homes that qualify for its $9.95 tier download speeds of 15 Mbps, which is the same speed as its standard Internet service. For more:
- see the release
- see the Comcast blog post Related articles:
Cablevision, Time Warner Cable to offer $9.95 monthly Internet access to low-income homes
CenturyLink duplicates Comcast's $9.95 monthly high-speed Internet offer
Comcast expands 305 Mbps tier to Boston, Philadelphia, New Jersey, D.C.; touts fastest wireless gateway
Comcast: 150,000 low-income homes have signed up for Internet Essentials service
Comcast: 100,000 families have ordered $9.95 monthly Internet Essentials service
FCC: Comcast must pay $800K for failing to market affordable standalone broadband service
Comcast defends Internet Essentials program Read more about: Comcast
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4. Greenfield: Congress should give cable operators more leverage to negotiate retrans deals
Veteran cable analyst Richard Greenfield said Monday that Congress should allow cable operators to team up in local markets to negotiate retransmission-consent deals with broadcasters. In a report about Time Warner Cable's (NYSE: TWC) dispute with CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS), the BTIG analyst said cable operators lack the leverage that local broadcasters have through local marketing agreements that allow station groups to negotiate retrans deals in agreements covering multiple TV stations. "If Congress authorized MVPDs [multichannel video programming distributors] in a given market to work together to negotiate retrans the way broadcasters are allowed to utilize LMAs and combine the leverage of their broadcast and cable network holdings there would be far more balance to the retrans negotiations in each market (preventing a broadcaster from playing one MVPD against another)," Greenfield wrote. "The fear politicians run of advancing this policy would be if it results in broadcast networks abandoning broadcasting altogether to become cable networks," he added. Time Warner Cable blacked out CBS owned-and-operated stations and Showtime Networks from its systems in New York, Los Angeles and Dallas on Aug. 2. The blackout has sparked increased demand for over-the-air antennas. RadioShack says it has seen a double-digit percentage increase in antenna sales in markets impacted by the market. For more:
- see Greenfield's note (sub. req.)
- Ad Age has this story Related articles:
Time Warner Cable blackout saps CBS local news ratings
Time Warner Cable pitches NFL Network, online video as CBS alternatives
Time Warner Cable dumps CBS, Showtime from systems in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas
Time Warner Cable restores CBS, Showtime after brief blackout Read more about: Time Warner Cable
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5. Comcast names Ralph Martinez SVP for Houston region
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SPOTLIGHT ON... LG integrates Azuki Media Platform with Android Stick IP set-top Azuki Systems said it integrated its media platform with the "Android Stick" IP set-top that LG began selling earlier this year. The Acton, Mass.-based technology firm said the solution will help operators deliver HDTV programming to multiple rooms in a home without having to use traditional HDTV set-tops. Azuki said the solution, which uses the 802.11 Wi-Fi standard, can deliver live TV and video-on-demand programming to any TV with an HDMI port. Read more Quick news from across the Web. > CommScope said its EPON (Ethernet Passive Optical Network) solution won certification from the Defense Information Systems Agency, which could allow it to be used in U.S. Department of Defense networks. News release > Time Warner Cable said it is seeing increased demand for its wireless backhaul service, which completed construction on its 10,000th cell tower in the second quarter. News release > FourthWall Media said Republican analytics firm Deep Root Analytics is using its set-top based TV viewing data to "micro-target" political ads. News release IPTV News > Adults with connected TVs are "twice as likely" to cut the cord--or at least shave it a bit--as their counterparts with dumb TVs, the latest research from The Diffusion Group (TDG) has found. Read more > A Canadian research firm continues to suggest that cord cutting is the reason why Canadian MVPDs ended up losing a net 19,624 subscribers in the second quarter, even though statistics seem to indicate the losses were only among incumbent cable operators. Read more Telecom News > The FCC approved an order that it says will reduce rates for interstate phone calls between prison inmates and their families, while ensuring rates are "just and reasonable." Read more And finally… TiVo said it'll report results for the second quarter after the market closes on Aug. 27. News release > Assuring Customers' Multiscreen and OTT Video Viewing Experience- August 19, 2013, 2 pm ET / 11 am PT This webinar is intended to provide a general description and recommended practices for monitoring adaptive streaming video networks, provide an opportunity to understand how many others have successfully deployed a video service assurance solution for multiscreen and OTT video. Register to attend the webinar. > Getting started with carrier WiFi - what's it take for a great user experience? - August 27th, 11am ET/ 8am PT Meeting customer expectations has never been more challenging than it is today. Learn how Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess™ Wireless LAN switch family and Access Point product line can help you deliver the Wi-Fi solution your customers want and create new revenue streams. Register Today! > LTE Advanced is here! - Wednesday, August 28th, 1pm ET /10am PT Tune into this webinar to understand the success factors behind the proliferation of LTE and an impressive line-up of enhancements that LTE Advanced encompasses, including Carrier Aggregation. Register Today! > Scoring with the Second Screen- September 4th, 2 pm ET/ 11 am PT This webinar from FierceCable will focus on applications for smartphones and tablets that content providers and distributors are relying on to drive increased ratings and ad revenue.
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